Chapter Thirty-Three: The Tavern Cottage in the Suburbs
The morning light gradually dewed, and a fish's belly white appeared in the distant sky, Bai Quanyu and Pan Cheng had come out of the shadow of the giants, they talked and laughed all the way, chatted about their past, patted each other's shoulders from time to time, and their hearts were already full of openness between words, and there was endless fun in talking and laughing.
Birds skimmed across the vaguely bright sky, and there was no place in the wilderness, and some small monsters could be found running, many of these monsters were between the 0th and 1st levels, and it was better to say that they were animals than to say that they were 0 levels, but most of these animals looked weird, and they didn't know whether they were good or evil.
He inhaled the morning air vigorously, opened his arms, and enjoyed it very much.
Pan Cheng jumped onto a steep slope and snapped his eyes on the pure sky without a trace of impurities. The sky is so white, so clean, the two of them breathed the morning breeze quietly, since fleeing from the territory, Bai Quanyu has not been so relaxed, in just one month, he has experienced several brushes with death, and also experienced the grief brought to him by the death of his followers one by one, the slaughter of the village in Shell Village made him see the cruelty of this world. The ruthlessness of the imperial army, the rebellion of Contin, and the encirclement and suppression of the king made him feel the indifference of this kingdom.
Although Bai Quanyu had just escaped from the clutches of Kangding, he was always concerned about the safety of the other people in the White Spring Territory, and Kangding knew which people were loyal to him, so he would quickly cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and he was thinking that if he could find information about their White Spring Territory subordinates on the way, he would definitely do his best to rescue them. It's just that he himself doesn't know how many of Bai Quanling's subordinates are still not murdered.
The two of them walked in the wilderness to meet the morning light, and from time to time a small deer ran past them, Bai Quanyu suddenly became playful, grabbed a deer and rode up, Pan Cheng saw that he could not catch up with him, and also captured a wild horse and boarded the horse.
After walking for a long time before leaving the wilderness, they soon met a caravan, he asked Pan Cheng to go up and ask for directions, and after Pan Cheng had dealt with the caravan for a while, he turned back to Bai Quanyu under a big tree, and he asked for two jugs of water from the caravan and handed one over.
"My lord, the caravan said that there will be a village two or three miles ahead, which is an annex village of Logg City, and we can rest in the village for a while, and then find a way to pass through Logg City. “
Bai Quanyu said: "We have to go around Logge City, we can't go through, there is a city directly adjacent to my hometown's territory at the southernmost tip of the Tianlong Territory is Logge, and the king's wanted warrant must also spread in all directions with Logge City as the axis, so I can't go to Logge, we will go around the city after a short rest in the nearest village." ”
Pan Cheng replied: "Listen to the arrangement of the adults,"
After the caravan left, Bai Quanyu came out from behind the big tree, they did not choose the path taken by the caravan to advance, but limped from the small hillside, the taste of being a fugitive is not comfortable, they can only run wherever it is remote, although the remote road is full of dangers, and will go further than the regular road.
The two of them came to a sandwich hillside, and they found a swaying hut with the word 'wine' hanging on its head, and two black stone statues on either side of the door of the house, with the face of a demon, the wings of an eagle, the claws of a wolf, and the body of a woman, presumably some unknown monster. There is also an invisible barrier on the periphery that protects the house, and the owner of this house must be a very rich fellow.
They walked into the tavern and saw a goatee-goated owner chatting with a guest in front of the wine cabinet, and when the tavern owner noticed that a guest was coming, he welcomed him with open arms.
"Welcome to my tavern, young man, come, find a seat. “
The boss came out of the wine cabinet, pulled Bai Quanyu and Pan Cheng to a small round table, and asked, "Two guests, do you want our most famous specialty here, Narcissus or Logg's spirit, Murang?" “
Pan Cheng patted the table arrogantly and said, "I haven't drunk for a long time, boss, bring me two glasses of mulang wine." “
The boss snapped his fingers lightly, and saw a pretty waitress bring out two glasses of fuchsia spirits from the inner hall and put them in front of Pan Cheng.
The boss smiled and said, "I think the two of you are heroes, we haven't had a hero here for a long time, so these two glasses of wine should be treated as if I invited you." “
Bai Quanyu asked, "How much money can this wine have, and I want you to ask for it." “
He felt that the price of wine here was about the same as that of wine in their world, and a few dozen copper coins could buy a few catties of spirits, so he thought that this boss's treat was very insignificant.
"The original price of these two glasses of wine is 1,500 copper coins. The guest sitting at another round table spoke, looking at the dress of this guest, it should be a second-order ranger, rangers do not belong to the regular soldiers of the empire, they are non-mainstream professions like thieves, so their combat ability is generally not strong, but their movement speed is very high, many imperial people will hire a ranger army to be a pioneer scout for them, or use it as a messenger.
As soon as Bai Quanyu heard that this small glass of Mulang wine cost 750 copper cups, he hurriedly picked it up and poured it into his throat.
The boss said: "In addition to selling alcohol, our small shop also has mercenaries to invite, do you need to hire some people?"
Bai Quanyu looked at the boss in surprise, this was the person he wanted to invite the most but didn't dare to invite, but he suddenly thought that he seemed to be a wandering hero, so mercenaries generally wouldn't be hired by him, so he shook his head.
The boss seemed to see this person's doubts, coughed dryly, and said, "If the guests are worried about their identity, it's okay, we also have a kind of trade in the tavern, called the sale of soldier scrolls." There are still many soldiers whose families are poor, or who have given up their freedom in life for various reasons, and these soldiers are willing to sell themselves to all kinds of heroes who can be used as long as they have money, but this is limited to heroes. ”
"Isn't that even a wandering hero? ”
The boss replied: "Of course, as long as you have money, those soldiers who signed the Selling Scroll are willing to follow you, but there is one problem I have to inform Your Excellency in advance, among those soldiers, there will be no regular soldiers of our human race, because regular soldiers are under the jurisdiction of the Empire, and non-mainstream professions such as thieves, rangers, hooligans, water thieves, etc., are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Empire, so they can freely choose their own betrayals." ”
Bai Quanyu slapped the table excitedly, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart when he thought that he could finally have his own soldiers, Pan Cheng hurriedly pulled him down, there are so many people in the tavern, don't be ashamed.
"Well, how are these soldiers going to sell. Bai Quanyu asked in a low voice.
The tavern owner led them to the counter, and then asked the waiter to serve them twice the rum and handed it to them, he opened the wine cabinet at the back, took out a large safe from the wine cabinet, and then glanced back at the people behind him, only to see that everyone in the tavern was looking at the safe, the boss smiled slyly, lifted the small glasses hanging on the bridge of his nose with his index finger, and then stuffed the safe back.
Because most of the wandering rangers who were drinking in the tavern had sold their deeds of sale here, it was not excluded that some people were trying to snatch the deeds back, so the boss did not open the box in front of these people.
The tavern owner took Bai Quanyu into the back room, and then took out a brocade box from the secret cabinet in the back, and said: "There are many first, second, and third order soldiers in our tavern who have sold their deeds of sale, you only need to pay 10,000 copper coins, you can take a soldier's scroll from my box at random, but the price is different for this different realm, the 1st level soldier is 10,000 copper coins, the 2nd level soldier is 100 silver coins, and the 3rd level soldier is 10,000 silver coins, which is 1 gold coin." “
"It's so expensive!" Bai Quanyu exclaimed.
The tavernkeeper explained, "It's not expensive at all, young man, if you recruit a spearman in the recruiting house in Logg, a spearman will give you 25,000 copper coins, and that's just selling 10 years of followers. Did you know that 10,000 copper coins in these poor countryside is only enough for a family of three to eat and drink Lazar for five years? ”
Bai Quanyu seemed to be a little unconvinced, and said: "It's really fake, I was fooled by others." ”
The boss continued: "Our small shop is an honest business, and we have never deceived customers, and I know at a glance that you were born into a noble family, so you have no idea about the purchasing power of copper coins. “
Bai Quanyu touched the only 19,560 copper coins in his pocket, grandma's, he couldn't get back a spearman's money after more than a month of adventure, he lost 12 spearmen when he escaped, and those 12 spearmen were not only loyal, but also the peak of the 1st order, infinitely close to the 2nd order. Now that he knew the true purchasing power of the copper coins, he knew that he had lost a lot of money before.
The boss said: "Spearmen, archers, these powerful regular soldiers, it is impossible for an unnamed hero like you to gain their following, you can only go to our underground exchanges to get some non-mainstream soldiers." “
Bai Quanyu asked: "How high are these non-mainstream soldiers in your hands, compared to those spearmen." “
The boss said: "Non-mainstream soldiers generally have low combat ability, and 1 regular spearman can generally cover the combat ability of 5 non-mainstream soldiers. “
Bai Quanyu said: "No, non-mainstream soldiers have such spicy chicken, you still have such a high price." “
The boss replied, "It's not what I want, it's what the soldiers want, and I have a special way to buy it here, maybe you can get a Tier 2 soldier when you buy a Tier 1 soldier." “
"What a way. Bai Quanyu asked without courage.
The boss smiled slyly and said, "Copper coins are drawn 10 times in a row!" As long as you dare to buy and draw 10 scrolls at one time, I will throw a scroll of a second-order soldier into this box of hundreds of boxes full of first-order soldiers, maybe your luck will explode......"
Bai Quanyu said in surprise: "I'll wipe it! Boss, when did you learn the Dafa of cheating money in my hometown's mobile game, you can even think of 10 copper coins, and your promotional methods are too disgusting." “
The boss touched his mustache and said, "No, no, many of our taverns have this kind of promotion, if you don't do this, who wants to buy so many soldier scrolls at one time, isn't it all for a Bo." “
Bai Quanyu sighed and asked weakly: "Dare to ask you how many hundred scrolls there are in this box." “
"Not much, 999 sheets!"
"Fuck your sister, this is also called a few hundred?"
The boss explained: "It's a few hundred before 1,000, so don't care about these details as to which hundreds." “
Bai Quanyu shook his head and said, "This money is too much, I have to think about it." ”
But after a while, Bai Quanyu walked out of the back door with a blank face, Pan Cheng was drinking with a few ranger soldiers on the round table outside, he saw Bai Quanyu's lost soul, so he leaned up and asked, "My lord, have a drink?"
Bai Quanyu pushed away his wine, took out the hemp bag from behind his waist, sat on the table and poked his head in to count it, and then reluctantly raised his head out again.
"Pan Cheng, can you do this wine house?" Bai Quanyu asked by his ear.
Pan Cheng shook his head and said, "No, there is an enchantment here, and there are two gargoyles at the door, and more importantly, I found out from the mouth of the ranger that this boss was a fourth-order Templar captain before he retired from the army, do you know how strong the Templars' skills are, 1 Templar can easily defeat 100 ordinary knights, not to mention that this person is still the captain." I guess if we messed with him, he would have killed us with his eyelashes. “
"Well, then I didn't ask. Bai Quanyu shrugged his shoulders and sat back.